Fireman & Fire Fighting Educational Film Evanston Illinois 45944 (1954)

Synopsis

Produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, The Fireman is a 1954 educational documentary that gives viewers an overview of a typical work day for the 1950s American fireman. The film opens with a shot of a fire engine driving down a residential street from the perspective of the engine. Fireman Tom Briggs leaves his car ( 00:22 ) and walks into Station 1 of the Evanston Fire Department. He passes the fire engines and lines up for inspection with the other firemen. The Fire Marshall reviews the men ( 00:56 ). Tom is taken to an aerial ladder truck ( 01:15 ). Other men clean and maintain the fire engines. The aerial ladder is extended ( 02:00 ) as the firemen practice using it. Firemen carry hand ladders into position. A fire hose is hoisted up to the top of a roof using a hose roller ( 02:51 ). A fireman practices carrying out an unconscious person ( 03:19 ); oxygen is administered to the “victim.” Firemen practice saving people with a life net ( 03:45 ); a man jumps from a building onto the life net. With training over, it is time for the real thing. Firemen slide down the firepole ( 04:23 ) to the engines as the fire alarm sounds throughout the station; the men don their gear and board the trucks. The film then shows the fire engines pull out of the station ( 04:48 ). They soon arrive at the site of the fire ( 06:17 ) and unload hand ladders. A fireman connects a hose to a fire hydrant ( 06:51 ). An engineer gets the pumps operating ( 07:05 ) so the fire hoses become…

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Running time

10 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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